John Russell
An early involvement with the emerging free improvisation scene (from 1972) followed, seeing him play in such places as The Little Theatre Club, Ronnie Scott’s, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Musicians’ Co-Op and the London Musicians’ Collective.
From 1974 his work extended into teaching, broadcasts (radio and television) and touring in the United Kingdom and, ever extensively, in other countries around the world . He has played with many of the world’s leading improvisers and his work can be heard on over 50 CDs.
In 1981, he founded QUAQUA, a large bank of improvisers put together in different combinations for specific projects and, in 1991, he started MOPOMOSO which has become the UK’s longest running concert series featuring mainly improvised music.
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Album Review
- But Everything Now Left Before It Arrived by John Eyles
- Discernment by John Sharpe
Building a Jazz Library
Album Review
- Making Rooms by John Eyles
- With... by John Eyles
Multiple Reviews
Album Review
- Analekta (2004/06) by Nic Jones
- Analekta by John Eyles
- The Fairly Young Bean by Robert Spencer